Cannes Court Métrage 2019: The Short Films Selection

A look at the 11 short films competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or and the 17 films from the Cinéfondation

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The 72nd Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup of Cannes Court Métrage 2019. The programme features 11 short films (9 works of fictions, 1 documentary and 1 animation), from Albania, Argentina, France, Finland, Greece, Israel, Ukraine, Sweden and USA. The selection committee has viewed 4240 shorts. High-profile films in the lineup include The Nap…

Apr 19, 2019

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Blue Screen – by Riccardo Bolo & Alessandro Arfuso

A documentary directed by the android filmmaker Mk3, found in an old VHS cassette, tells the rebellion of the robots against human domination

15 – 20 | 2017 | Archive Footage | Dystopia | Italy | Sci-Fi

“If the images of the present don’t change, then change the images of the past.” Blue Screen opens with this thrilling and prophetic quote from Chris Marker and yes, this is an exciting example of dystopian sci-fi made in Italy. Directors Riccardo Bolo and Alessandro Arfuso have used archival & found footage: this short was…

Apr 18, 2019

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MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival: How to Make a Short on Your Smartphone

The second edition of the mobile festival will end on June 8-9 and the winners will be awarded with... a personalized plant!

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MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival is the first mobile festival in Italy. It takes place in the inspiring setting of the historic center of Milan and it’s dedicated to works – videos and photos – made exclusively with mobile devices as smartphones, tablets, action cameras, and drones. As the French counterpart Mobile Film Festival,…

Apr 17, 2019

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Prey – by Aćim Vasic

The perfect night of a predator turns out as a veritable nightmare

2018 | 5 - 10 | France | Gender | Live-Action | Thriller

The twist, the sudden and surprising turn, is quite often what makes a short film memorable. It is the case of Prey, short film directed by Aćim Vasic which ironically addresses the difficult (and very serious) theme of violence against women. Vasic deals with this topic at the time of #MeToo and Time’s Up, but…

Apr 16, 2019

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The Short Films of Agnès Varda

An overview of some of the French New Wave filmmaker's most remarkable short films

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Probably one of the most remarkable traits of Agnès Varda’s filmography is that she never cared too much for the format of her films. She really wasn’t big on conventions. She once said: “Not even the least important of the painters or the writers have someone imposing to them the measure of their canvas, nor…

Apr 14, 2019

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A look at the 11 short films competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or and the 17 films from the Cinéfondation

A documentary directed by the android filmmaker Mk3, found in an old VHS cassette, tells the rebellion of the robots against human domination

15 – 20 | 2017 | Archive Footage | Dystopia | Italy | Sci-Fi

The second edition of the mobile festival will end on June 8-9 and the winners will be awarded with... a personalized plant!

The perfect night of a predator turns out as a veritable nightmare

2018 | 5 - 10 | France | Gender | Live-Action | Thriller

An overview of some of the French New Wave filmmaker's most remarkable short films

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Behind the Biennale: A Short History of the World’s Most Important Art Exhibition

What would the world be like without the Venice Biennale? This short doc answers to the question in a very pop manner through archival images, artworks and interviews.

Soar – by Alyce Tzue

A young girl must help a tiny boy pilot fly home before it's too late.

Marilyn Myller

A witty satire on the art world and the anxieties of the creative process masterfully directed by stop-motion animation genius Mikey Please.

Online Premiere: I Navigli

Life and feelings of two rowers training in the placid waters of the historic canals in Milan.

Wall

Laci is a young gypsy worker hired to build a wall: his first look beyond holds an unusual revelation...

Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother

Tom Hardy plays a temperamental aspiring soldier in a story of brotherly love and strife.

021 Capalbio | GSF’s Exclusive Showcase

Watch a selection of some of the the best shorts from the various sections of the 021 Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Fest until August 31st.

Behind

A regression therapy session diving a girl deeply into her distant memories turns into the materialization of cosmic entity Yog-Sothoth…

FOCUS ON: Jim Cummings

Interview with the director of Thunder Road, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Bora Bora – by Bogdan Mirică

The absurdity of life in one of the most drought-affected areas in Romania

Little Shit – by Richard Gorodecky

A child's journey to discover his and London's hidden nature

Journal Animé – by Donato Sansone

The images on the pages of Libération come to life and pass the printed events in the Italian short which collected a César nomination

The Eagleman Stag

An innovative and staggeringly beautiful stop motion story about life and the passage of time. Best Animation at BAFTA 2011.

Singularity

In the midst of a war between humans and sentient androids, a Delta Force team must rescue the US President.

A Brief History of John Baldessari

Narrated by Tom Waits, a pop documentary about "The guy who put dots over people's faces".

Box Room – by Michael Lathrop

Thanks God, there is Mom!

Skin

A lonely child taxidermist makes friends with a girl who's fascinated by his hobby. But one day he does something that will change everything.

The Moment – by Karis Oh

What really matters in the end of life?

It’s No Game – by Oscar Sharp

In this day and age, how useful are screenwriters?

The Italian short film (potential) industry.

The "Report 2014" of the Italian Short Film Centre sheds a light on an key-sector of the audiovisual that struggles to define itself "industrial".

Sara – by Rossella Inglese

Sara's just 12 years old when she is confronted with discovering the experience of become a woman

Room 8

A mysterious box turns the life of an inmate into a dead end hallucinatory trip.

When Namibia Was a City…

Yusuf's everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. A fishing trip could give him a chance to restore his image as the provider and head of family...

From Dad to Son – by Nils Knoblich

Son's love... in papercraft